Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-07
EXPLOSIONS OF GAS.
"A Costly New Block at youngstown
Burned to the Ground.

YOUNGSTOWN, o., Jan. 6.--At 3 clock
this morning Jack Semple, the watch
man in the scarcely completed Andrews
block on South Market street, opened
window to secure ventilation. Instantly
an explosion occurred and Semple ran
into the street with his clothes
ahame and rolled in the snow. Flames
burst from the building. which burned
with extraordinary Tapidity and was
totally consumed. The block was OF brick
and stone and just completed at a COST of
500 COO. Several business enterprises had
r Gently been established in the building.
Inc total loss will reach considerably
over 100000, with probably $4,000 insur-
ance. Semple was badly burned
and was removed ito the city
hospital. Another watchman, Thomas
Brannigan, aged 10 years, is missing, and
is supposed to be in theruins. Assistant
Chief Davis, of the fire department, was
painfully burned. Two lines OF natural
gas mains run past the Andrews bujld-
ing, and 1t Is supposed the fluid leaked
and was carried into the building through
the drain trench and was ignited when
Semple opened the window and created a
draught.
FLARE UP IN FACTORY.
CHICAGO, Jan. "a gas explosion oc-
CURED at Walkers carriage factory. cor
ner OF W abash Avenue and Harrison street
this morning. Gas had escaped in a
small receptacle under the sidewalk. and
when the tiremen went to eXtInguish the
blaze seven of the latter were overcome
by gas. The injured tiremen were taken
into drug store opposite the factory and
after considerable labor were restored to
consciousness. 1t was at one time feared
that four OF the firemen would not re-
cover.
IN COAL MINE.
SHAMoKIN, Pa, Jan. 6.-The chamber
in the Peerless slope portion OF the Henry
Clay colliery, owned by the Philadelphia
and Reading Company, was discovered
burning this morning. The fire is in
creasing rapidly and defes all efforts to
get it under control. Frequent eXplos-
ions of gas are occurring and four men
have been severely burned. The Henry
Clay is the most extensive mine owned by
the Reading Company and employed 900
men,
MACHINE WORKS BURNED.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 6.--The Reliance
Machine Works of e. Z, Allis 81 Co.,
caught fire tonight in the core room OF
the foundry department. The fire biazed
tiercely for two hours, but was confined
stayed by FIRE wall. Z. 2. Alis, Jr., a
member ofthe firm, estimates the loss at
$250,0O0. The works are covered bv a
blanket Insurance policy OF 100000.
Three hundred and fifty men are thrown
out Unemployment.
FIRE IN A NEWSPAPER BUILDING
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. I, A. M.--About
12:45 O'Clock this morning flames were
discovered in the basement and first floor
or the Evening Telegraph building and
the one adjoining Nos. 106, 108 and 11O
South Third street, and before the fire de-
partment could reach the place the flames
had shot up through an elevator used for
hauling the stereotype forms of the Iele-
graph from the upper to the lower
floors. When the engines arrived numer-
Gus streams were thrown on the building
from both sides, and while the fire itself
was eXtinguished, everything In the Tele-
graph building was thoroughly drencbed
with water and the paper will lose fully
$25, 900 on its contents. The building at
ll0 South Third street is comp paratiVely
slightly damaged, as the flames were soon
put out. The buildings are owned by the
6lrard estate and they are probably we'll
covered by insurance, although they
are very old. Nothing can be learn
ed tonight as 10 the insurance
on the contents Of the Telegraph building.
The composition, editorial and city de-
partments of the paper are entirely ruined
by the severe drenching, and as they con-
tanned probably the most valuable and
complete collection of biographical, his
torical and scientific data in the United
States the lass will be severe one. The
four-cylinder Hoe press will also be a
total wreck. The origin OF the fire has
not been definitely settled upon, but it is
believed that IL caught from an OVerheatpd
heater in the basement of the Telegraph
Office. Building No. 10 was occupied on
the ground floor by Howard, Ball & Co.,
bankers.